7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keyaki. Dark brown colour, small creamy golden head. Aroma is quite full on hoppy bitterness, lemon washing up liquid, some malt too. Taste is good, decent bitterness, and lots of roast. I always struggle to pick out intricacies in black IPAs, but this is pretty solid. Finish is bitter, but in a coffee way rather than a hoppy way. Pretty easy drinking.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can from Le Collier. Dark brown with a small golden head. Aroma is interesting. Initially a bit black ipa like, but once it settles down it is much more complex. Really fruity, apples, grapes and also dark fruit, hint of smoke, touch of spice, roasty but a little bit funky too. Texture is nice, smooth and creamy. Taste is good too, initial fruitiness, then mellows into something more roasty. There is a touch of something wild too though. Can't really put my finger on it. Haven't even finished this yet, but am definitely going back for some more cans.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at JBC. Light and biscuity with a touch of citrus bitterness. Easy drinking, pretty good. Nice pale ale. Touch of herbs.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Shinshu. Grainy, lemon, slight funkiness, interesting. Prefer the autumn porter, but this is still nice. Getting more wheat the second time, and a bit of other fruit. Maybe lacks a bit of sparkle, but quite nice still.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keyaki. Aroma is apple and booze. Sweet. Calvados like. Rocket fuel but quite nice. Would probably be better not at a beer fest and in 32 degree heat.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Going through a backlog. Drank at the Japan Brewers Cup in Jan 2014. Tap from Oh la Ho. Taste is part creamy and part bitter. Nice. Surprisingly creamy for an ipa. Pleasantly different.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keyaki. Interesting. Light caramel, little bit of spikiness, some sweetness. Little bit of citrus. Brown bread.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Citrus, bit of grassy hops. Taste is little metallic, nice bitterness, little bit sweet and perfumey, biscuity malt hiding at the back. Nice but not one of their best. Second time I had it on tap at Server Land and it was a lot nicer. Very easy drinking. Good fruitiness and bitterness with a bit of spiky maltiness.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can bought at Tanakaya. Golden orange colour with small white creamy head. Aroma is hops, lots of them. Cat pee, grapefruit, lots of spikiness too. Taste is nice and malty, bit of biscuit and a bitter finish. Pure grapefruit at the end, but other fruitiness in there too, lemon. Nice and drinkable. My favourite Oh La Ho so far.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rerate at Ushi Tora, Summer 2014. Good stuff, grainy but with lots of bitterness, grapefruit, dry. Full on citrus. After a while graininess takes over. Still nice. Little bit if sweetness. I like it. From the first rating: Tap at Shinshu Sake Mura. Marked as Oh La Ho IPA, but they did also have posters up for the Rydeen, so who knows? Light amber colour, off white thick head. Aroma is very hoppy, lots of pine, citrus, something slightly stinky or twiggy. Bready maltiness.Taste is nice, bitter,more malt than hop, slight spice prickle. Twigs again, but just enough hoppiness too. Spicy bite. Haven't had many IPAs like this in Japan, so interesting, but personally probably would prefer more fruitiness. Solid though.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53